Cabinet talking machine



Patented May 11, 192g.

Unire sier CURT STILLE, 0F BERLIN-ZEHLENDORF,

G-ElR-JIANY, ASSG-NGR TG TELEGBAEIE- MANY.

CABNET TALI/UNG iCEfNE.

Application filed December e, 13532.

This invention relates to e Cabinet talking nieehine of the; kind in which ehe horn is supported by ineens oi s. seperate freine inside the Cabinet, and the invention eonsiss in the combination with e. bortoinless cobinet having perforated side Walls, ofi' o. fre which is insulated from seid cabinet end itted With a sound-board Which is arranged so es ilo Cover the bottoni opening of the cabinet, the horn, and e sound-redentor placed in front of the sinne7 being;` supported on the sound-board so that the lae'ter will be effeeed, not only by the Vibrations of the horn and of the reflect-or but Lalso by the soundfa-Ves `einenating from 'die inou-h of the horn. As the sound-board is insulated from the Cabinet and therefore is perfectly free to participate in the Vibrations, e oonsiderable sound amplification Will be obtained.

lt should be noted tha it is not new per se to insulare a horn or resonator from the enclosingcabinet.

F l of the accompanying drawings represens e. vertical section of the talking machine, nd

Fig. 2, a horizontal section ol ehe suine.

'lhe Cabinet l is provided with perforstee side Wells 2 and with a. top plete 3 which carries7 in the usuel manner, the driving ineehanisin and the turntable, these elements beingl omitted lroin the drawings.

The cabinet is Wit-hout lined bottoni, but is provided with ledges l5 which serve :is

Serial No. 604,859.

snpports Jjor a sound-board 8 adapted io @over the bottoni opening and nike the place l .L f rh or die bott-oni. ihe sound-boord 1s Conneeed eo freine 5 oi Wood or the like which is composed of corner posts 6 and liorizonal sles .7. The horn 4i oiC the machine is arranged wil'hin the freine 5 and supported on Jdie sound-board 8, Yfor insenee by inea-ns of i fooid An angular sound-rei'ieotor 16 is also supported on 'the sound-board in iront of the horn. insulating* mds 9 of felt or equivalent materiel are interposed between the sound-board 8 ind the supportingl ledges l5 so that rigid connection between the cabinet and the resonant elements is obvieted. A sound-tube l() Connects the horn with the tone erin l2 which Carries the usuel soundbox 18.

l oleiin:

in o. elling inaenine of the cheraeer described, lie combination Wih e botoniless CabinetI having perforated side AWalls, of ledges connected to the inside and lower part olf' seid cabinet, e sound-board supported on said ledges, ineens for insulzring the sound-boord 'from Jche ledges and from the cabinet, zi freine suppored on said soundboerd inside the oabine, a. horn ir-ranged Within the freine and supported on the sound-board, and e. sound-reileetor snpported on the soundeboard in front of the horn.

CURE? STLLE. 

